Farewell to event horse who helped make history

The incomparable medal-winner Primmore’s Pride has been put down aged 30

- BECKY MURRAY

PRIMMORE’S PRIDE, the iconic event horse who helped make history, has been put down aged 30.

Bred by Joanna and Roger Day out of their Ben Faerie mare Primmore Hill, by Mark Todd’s Mayhill, Primmore’s Pride won three five-star events with Pippa Funnell, and two Olympic medals.

“Out of all the horses I have ever had, he was the one right from the first day I sat on him that I knew would become a champion,” said Pippa.

“Kiri” was bought as a foal by Roger and Denise Lincoln at the High-Performance Sale in 1993, and he was sent to Pippa as a two-year-old.

In 1998 they won the five-year-old Burghley young event horse final, and in 2000 the Le Lion D’Angers seven-year-old World Championship.